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13. Shri K.V. Singh Director attended a meeting at Secretariat Goa on 10th convened by the ChiefEngineer Water Resource Dept in connection with HP-II.14. Shri K.V. Singh Director had a meeting with the Chief Engineer (Civil) during his visit to Goa on16th along with the Executive Engineer in connection with on going DWR bldg work.15. S/Shri B B Roy AM-I and A D J D’Souza AM-II participated in one day workshop at Goa ScienceCentre Miramar Goa on 17th arranged by Central Ground water Board Bangalore16. Smt V V Damle AM-II participated in “Hindi RajBhasha Sangoshthi” during 18-19th at convenedby MPT Murmugao at Dabolim Goa17. Shri K.V. Singh Director attended a seminar on Doppler Radar &Weather surveillance heldduring 18-19th at Chennai18. S/Shri RJ Godse and PD Kokate from o/o DDGM (SI) Pune were on tour to Goa during period 10-19th in connection with shifting of Radiation instruments.19. W.M.O day was celebrated at M.C Ahmedabad on 23 rd March-2010 in collaboration with IndiaMeteorological Society, Ahmedabad chapter. Observatory was kept open for student & public.Exhibition of various instruments was held. 45 scientists of SAC, PRL & Gujarat Governmentwere shown observatory, RS/RW flight, ARG & other activities of the Met. Centre. Dr. (Mrs.)Kamaljit Ray, Director briefed the various print media, NEWS agencies and visitors on theoccasion..20. Dr. P. C. Joshi, retired Senior scientist, ISRO was invited to give a talk on “Advances inMeteorology in the 60 years of WMO” on 23rd March 2010 at M.C Ahmedabad.21. Dr. (Mrs.) Kamaljit Ray, Director delivered lecture on “climate change studies for Developmentprofessionals” at CEPT University, Ahmedabad on 13-03-2010.22. Mrs. M. Mohanty, Met-I attended FMO workshop meet on 22/23 March-10 held at HQ-DGM,New Delhi.23. Automatic Rainguage (A.R.G.) installation was done at M.C.Ahmedabad and inaugurated by ShriS. R. Kalsi, Ex.- A.D.G.M.4. (‚›é¬¸¿š¸¸›¸/ŠÏ¿˜¸¸¥¸¡¸) RESEARCH/LIBRARYRESEARCH1. First draft on “Forecasting manual for Gujarat region, Sub-Division of Gujarat state” was preparedby Dr. (Mrs.)Kamaljit Ray, Director Mrs. M. Mohanty, Met-I & Sh. J. R. Chicholikar, S.A. / Sh. P.I. Patel, S.A. & sent to DDGM (S) & DDGM (RMC) Mumbai2. Study on Districtwise Extreme Weather event & Climatology of Saurashtra & Kutch by AAUSection is in Progress..3. During the month eighteen papers published in “MAUSAM” were reviewed by officers and staffof RMC Mumbai under the Human Resource Development Programme.4. During the month ten papers published in “MAUSAM” were reviewed by staff of M.C Ahmedabadunder the Human Resource Development Programme.5. WRF Products based on 0000 UTC data uploaded daily in Met. Centre, Ahmedabad WebsiteLIBRARYi) Books/Journals were added in R.M.C. Colaba library during the month = 10ii) Books/Journals were added in M.C Ahmedabad library during the month = 07iii)Books/Journals added in M.C. Goa library during the month = 12

5. (‚¸ˆÅ”ø¿ˆÅú ‚¸œê¢÷¸Ä/œêŽ÷¸¸Ž) DATA MANAGEMENT/SCRUTINY/SUPPLY OF DATA / ENQUIRIESA) Data supplyEnquires / Supply of data special weather reports were communicated by R.C. to different parties = NilEnquires / Supply of data special weather reports were communicated by M.C Ahmedabad. to different parties=23B). Data scrutiny & entry workR.M.C. MUMBAIM.C. AHMEDABAD1) No. of enquiries answered -2) Scrutiny of MMR 1) Main 26 152) Sub 58 293) Scrutiny of Autographic Tabulation 80 --4) Tabulation of Autographic Charts - --5) Scrutiny of PB Register - --6) Data entry in computer 9273 10547) Number of records verified -- 25198) Digitization of SRRG charts FMO -- --9) Scrutiny of SRRG charts FMO -- --C. Enquiries1. Number of outside parties were answered for supply of data during the month = 222. Special weather reports/enquiries were issued to different parties. = NIL3. Special weather reports were communicated toa) State Govt. authorities, State Police, Western & Central Railways etc. = NILb) Control room of BMC, BEST, MMRDA, City Traffic Police, Mumbai Police and others : NIL4. Website :a) www.imdmumbai.gov.in website - Total visits - 23488b) www.imdmumbai.gov.in website - Total hits - 7263585. Total calls made on IVRS - 11506. (œê¨¸¸Ä›éŸ¸¸›¸ ¬ø¨¸¸‡Â) FORECASTING SERVICESA) Aviation ¢¨¸Ÿ¸¸›¸›¸Number of flights briefed during the monthScheduledNon ScheduledM.O. Mumbai (Santacruz)National 7040 --International 2358 --VIP/VVIP 1 --M.C. AhmedabadNational Nil 70International 59 04Civil -- 50Military -- 20Foreign -- 63VVIP -- 00

B). (‚¢¨¸Ÿ¸¸›¸›¸ ¬ø¨¸¸‡Â) Non - Aviation :-a) Number of observation from ONGC RIGS / PLATFORMS-i) Forecast for BHA&TAPTI area thrice daily = 196ii) Forecast for Gulf of Kutch once daily = 28b) 1) Heavy rainfall warning issued : NIL2) TV bulletin : 313) All India Radio : 1244) Daily weather report : 285) Weekly weather report : 316) Local forecast for press : 317) Thunder Squall warning : NilC). (¸ÇŨ¸¸÷¸ ø÷¸¸¨¸›¸ú) Cyclone WarningNumber of Coastal bulletins/sea area bulletins issued by ACWC = 62Number of Coastal bulletins/sea area bulletins issued by M.C Ahmedabad = 62Fishermen warning issued by ACWC = NilFishermen warning issued by M.C Ahmedabad = 93Port warnings issued by M.C Ahmedabad = NilAdditional Bulletins during Depression in Arabian Sea = NilHeavy rainfall warning issued by M.C Ahmedabad = NILD). ( ˆ¼Å¢«¸ Ÿ¸ù¬¸Ÿ¸ ¬ø¨¸¸‡Â) Agrimet Services :-Number of Agriculture meteorological Advisory bulletin issued by M.C. Ahmedabad = 09Locust Bulletins issued by M.C Ahmedabad = 027. „œ¸ŠÏí Ÿ¸ù¬¸Ÿ¸ ¢¨¸±¸¸›¸ (Satellite Meteorology)[A] CWDS: Gujarat and Maharashtra State :CWDS stations working satisfactorily - 20 NosCWDS Stations U/S - 11 Nos8. (¨øš¸©¸¸¥¸¸ ¬¸¿Š¸“µ¸) OBSERVATORY ORGANISATIONa) Surface Observatory :1. Inspection of 5AOP Nashik, M.O Nashik, P/T Malegaon, M.O Parbhani, P/T Hingoli, P/TNanded, Hydromet Degloor, Hydromet Dhalegaon was carried out by R.R Sayad, A.M-II2. P/T Baramati, P/T Arvi, Hydromet Indapur and Hydromet Daund was inspected by N.S Sorthi,S.A.3. Out of 100 proposed ARG, 26 ARG station have been installed in Gujarat state

9. („œ¸¢£÷¸›¸¨¸¸¡é £½.¬¸ù.½/£½£¸Á¢¨¸›¸ ‡¨¸¿ œ¸¨¸›¸ ¨øš¸©¸¸¥¸¸) Upper Air (RS/RW & PBO)Name of the Station Maximum Height Time Dateda) MumbaiRS/RW/WBRT 018 hPa /27.59 gpkm 0000 UTC 4/03/2010PBONo ascent due to No Balloonb) M.C. AhmedabadRS/RW 31482gpm 0000 UTC 22/03/2010c) M.O ChikathanaRS/RW 197.4 hpa/12432 gpm 0000 UTC 28/03/2010PBONo ascent due to No Balloond) CDR BhujPBO 7.15 KM 1200UTC 26/03/2010e) GoaRS/RW 4hpa/37176 0000UTC 05/03/201010. Hydrometeorology / FMO / HS1. No. of FMO Stations inspected by M.C Ahmedabad : - 102. Met allowances claims for F.M.O. stations forwardedto R. C. Mumbai, R. C. Nagpur & R. C. New Delhi. : - 503. No of QPF issued during the month : - Nil11. ( £½”¸£ Ÿ¸ù¬¸Ÿ¸ ¢¨¸±¸¸›¸) RADAR METEOROLOGYNo. of observationTakenMaximum range of EchoDetectedCDR MumbaiDismantledCDR Ahmedabad 23/03/2010 30.43 kmCDR GoaDismantled12. (¤¸¿£Š¸¸í Ÿ¸¾¸¬¸Ÿ¸ ¬¸½¨¸¸‡ ) Port Met. Services.Station Non VOF Foreign Indian Indian Navy VOF Totali) PMO MumbaiNo. of Ships visited 6 - - 6No. of barometers 6 - - 1 7compared2) PMLO GoaNo. of Ships visited 10 10No. of barometerscompared 8 813. (žéˆ¿Åœ¸ ¢¨¸±¸¸›¸) SEISMOLOGYR.C. Mumbai M.O. Bhuj Goa Obsy.No. of earthquakes recorded 14 15No. of distance shock recorded 03 - 15No. of local shock recorded 00 - NILNo of Regional shock recorded 11 - -14. (¢í›ú ‚›éž¸¸Š¸) Hindi Section

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